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From NY to LA

from A Revolution In An Empty Room by Joe Solo

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A little fairytale about friendship, about middle-age and above all about dreams.

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My and Jimmy we grew up round here
And we always talked of getting out
But raised on chips and beans and TV
We was never in with much of a shout
We'd spread a map out on my bedroom floor
And draw a pencil line from coast to coast
We'd sit and whisper at the back of the class
About the best place to meet Elvis's ghost

We always swore that we would fly out there
And buy ourselves a big old Chevrolet
And hit the road, boys
Hit the road, boys
From New York to LA

We left school and Jimmy moved away
And me and Julie settled down
To supermarkets and to overtime
There's not much else in this town
She'd sometimes ask what I was thinking of
And I'd say nothing, like us blokes do
But I'd be out there on some open road
In a big old Lincoln '52

We always swore that we would fly out there
And buy ourselves a big old Chevrolet
And hit the road, boys
Hit the road, boys
From New York to LA

Days turn into weeks and months to years
Your life slips away so fast
Julie said I should have grown up now
I'm still that loser at the back of the class

I lost my job, they shut the factory down
And Julie left me for some bloke
Who worked for someone shutting factories down
And they say God don't like a joke
Then I met Jimmy in the street one day
He'd been through the mill like me
We raised a glass for dreams that never were
And a dozen more for what could be

We're in the airport now to fly out there
And buy ourselves that big old Chevrolet
To hit the road, boys
Hit the road, boys
From New York to LA

Words and music
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Joe Solo

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from A Revolution In An Empty Room, released January 25, 2013
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Joe Solo Scarborough, UK

Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

Live he has an ever growing reputation as both a performer and raconteur, being thought-provoking, comical and punch-the-air political often in the same breath.

He is not an artist you forget in a hurry.
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